Wardrobe cabinet



Jan. 1, 1935. E. A. MILLER WARDROBE CABINET Filed July 13, 19:53

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WARDROBE CABINET Elliot A. Miller, New York, N. Y. Application July 1a, 1933, Serial No. 680,284

6 Claims. (01. 312-144) 4 .The present invention relates to containers be sold at small'cost. The said container confor clothing. More particularly the invention sists of side walls 11 and 12, end walls 13 and 14, pertains to a wardrobe cabinet in which means is and hinged walls 15 and 16. Preferably the conprovided for supporting the clothing on hangers. tainer is made up of two sections, one of which 5 The invention further provides a collapsible is scored and bent to'form the side wall 11 and 5 container which may be sold as a commercial the end walls 13 and 14,and the other of which article in a knockdown or collapsed condition, is scored and bent to form the side wall 12 and and which when expanded to set-up condition the hinged walls 15 and 16. These sections are,

' provides a cabinetof the wardrobe type in which assembled in their proper relation, and the joints articles may be'suspended and which is dustand scored edges each covered and reinforced by 10 proof and is provided with an insecticide matea strip of fabric 17. The top and bottom walls rial arranged flatwise against one of the walls 13' and 14 are each provided with inwardlythereof for protecting the clothing from insects extending flaps 18 and 19, which closely contact and the like. r with the inside surfaces of the end portions of 15 The invention has in view a wardrobe cabinet the hinged walls 15 and 16 when the said hinged 15 formed of relatively stiff cardboard, the wallsof walls are closed to thereby prevent dust and which are flexibly connected togetherin a maninsects entering the container. The hinged nor to permit a complete collapsing of the same walls 15 and 16 are likewise provided with into flat compact form, and with means for reinwardly-extending flaps 20, which contact with 0 forcing opposite walls thereof, by which the the inside surface of the wall 11 whenthe said 20 walls are prevented from .buckling when subhinged walls are fastened thereto as shown in jected to the weight of the garments hung Fig. 9. These walls are each provided with a therein. plurality of straps 21 secured thereto adjacent With these and other objects in view, the intheir outer d av ap fastening vention resides in certain novel features of conments Which are adapted o engage ds 3' 25 struction and arrangements of parts which will ca d y the W 11 for Securing the ai be more fully described and claimed hereinafter. h d Walls n, Closed re tiD The invention is shown in the accompanying Constructed in this manner; the container 10 drawings, in which 1 may be folded or collapsed and all parts ar- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wardrobe a d in Substantially fiat condition- TO 001- 30 container embodying the said invention; lapse the container, the hinged walls 15 and-16 Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line are swung inwardly in close relation with the 2 2 of Fig, 1; g wall 12, as shown in Fig. 9, the walls 11 and 14 Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the upper t be flattened t y m E the s e t 35, portion of the container'on line33 of Fig. 2; substantially parallel relation with the op- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the po i ly i p d Walls 12 and 13, as S w in means for supporting the clothing; Figs.'5 to 7, inclusive, in which condition the con-' Fig. 5 is a side view of the container when in tainer takes up relatively little "space and may collapsed condition; readily be sold as a commercial article.

40 Fig. 6 is a side view opposite to that shown When in set-up condition, the container is 40 v in Fig. 5 of the container when in collapsed stood on one end to thus provide a wardrobe condition; cabinet in which clothing may be hung on hang- Fig. 7 is an edge view of the container when erS Su p d from cross bar This h fully collapsed; I v is supported at its ends in notches or recesses Fig. 8 is a view in elevationof the "container 5- arran d in t upp r ds pp site y- 5 partly expanded; disposed wooden strips 26 secured by rivets 27,

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on line 9-9 of Fig. to the opposite side walls 11 and 12 respectively.

8, showing the hinged walls partly expanded and The bar 24 is slotted at its ends, in each of in broken lines the said walls fully expanded which slots is arranged a leg 28 of a bent'metal and attached to the front wall. 7 bracket 29, the depending legs 30 thereof being 50 The container 10 illustrating the invention in constructed to slide between the strips 26 and the accompanying drawings, may be made of ,the walls 11 and 12, respectively. It is to be any suitable material, such as plain or corunderstood that the strips '26 receive the direct rugated cardboard or light fiber board and the thrust of the weight of the garments supported like, to provide a commercial article which may on the bar 24, and for this reason the said strips 55 brackets 29 have their legs 28 rigidly secured in the slotted ends of the bar 24 by rivets 31. When the bar 24 is in position in the recesses 25, the brackets 29 operate to prevent spreading or bulging of the side walls 11 and 12. I I

The hinged wall 15 forms the door of the container. The hinged wall 16 is providedwith a foraminous sheet of material 32 secured thereto at its edges to form a pocket therewith for the reception of an insecticide material, such as gum camphor, cedar wood shavings, or a pad impregnated with a volatile insecticide material. The sheet 32 being arranged in close relation with the hinged wall 16, permits the collapsing of the container to substantially fiat condition, which is ready for use when expanded to set-up condition.

What I' claim is:

l. A collapsible container adapted to be placed on erid to constitute a wardrobe container including oppositely-disposed side walls made of light flexible material, a wall hinged to one of said oppositely-disposed side walls forming the door of the cabinet, a narrow strip of rigid material secured against the inside surface of each of said oppositely-disposed side w from the bottom thereof to a point adjacent the topsubstantially throughout the length of said side walls and to the base 01' the cabinet, and a garment-supporting member mounted on and supported by said strips. 1

3. A collapsible cabinet having four walls made of light flexible material, a strip of rigid material secured to each of two oppositely disposed walls and extending substantially throughout the length of said side walls and to the base of the cabinet, a cross bar supported by said strips of material, and means provided on said cross bar to prevent said strips from bulging outwardly.

4. A collapsible cabinet including a side wall structure of sheet material bendable under lateral pressure, strips of relativelyinfiexible material extending substantially the major portion of and secured in upright relation to the side wall structure to stifien and retain side wall portions thereof against spreading, and a gar ment supporting member supported by said strips.

5. A collapsible container including an upright side wall structure of sheet material bendable spreading, and a garment supporting member supported by said strips.

6. A collapsible cabinet having a plurality of upright side wallsrwith two of the walls oppositely disposed,"a strip of reinforcing material secured on the inner side of eachof said oppositely disposed walls andextending a substantial distance in the middle portion thereof, a removable garment supporting cross bar supported by said strips and means connected with said cross bar cooperating with said strips to retain said oppositely disposed walls against spreading.

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